L5.1.2.1: Development of RH Law

• Administrative Order 1-A of 1998

  ● The creation of the Philippine Reproductive Health Program (January 15, 1998)

  ○ Declared adherence to the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, which includes the: “Broadening of population policies and programs beyond family planning as the main program mechanism.”

  ○ A framework for reproductive health wherein the rights of individuals to have a healthy sexual life is taken into consideration
• Administrative Order 43, Series of 2000

  ● Established the Reproductive Health Policy (April 24, 2000)

  ○ Provides approaches to strengthen the Philippine Reproductive Health Program by means of different policies that gear towards universal quality reproductive health.
• Administrative Order 43, Series of 2000

  ● Established the Reproductive Health Policy (April 24, 2000)

  1. Integrating RH services that emphasize quality and expanded coverage through partnership programs with the LGUs, NGOs and private sector within the framework of the Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) which:

  ➔ Addresses public health problems through organization/policy changes and financing structure needed to improve healthcare delivery, regulation, and financing
• Administrative Order 43, Series of 2000

  ● Established the Reproductive Health Policy (April 24, 2000)

  B. Improving the general health of all Filipinos by promoting personal responsibility, and empowering communities to exercise reproductive health rights through information dissemination that emphasizes freedom of choice
• Republic Act No. 10354, 2012

  ● An act providing for the national policy of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (RPRH) of 2012

  ○ Known as the RH Law

  ○ Guarantees universal access to methods on:

  ➔ Contraception

  ➔ Fertility Control

  ➔ Sexual Education

  ➔ Maternal care
• Republic Act No. 10354, 2012

  ● An act providing for the national policy of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (RPRH) of 2012

  ○ It also guarantees the following:

  1. Access to services on Reproductive Health and Family Planning
  2. Maternal healthcare services
  3. RH and sexuality education for the youth
  4. Regular funding
• Republic Act No. 10354, 2012

  ● An act providing for the national policy of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (RPRH) of 2012

  ○ Stresses the importance of responsible parenthood or as to how an individual must know the health services that can be useful especially in making choices concerning reproductive health

  ○ Set a ground for controversy as the law could pave a way for the development of other policies that disregard the dignity of life and promote the promiscuity of sex
• Administrative Order 1-A, Series of 1998 – PROGRAM

  ○ The Philippine Reproductive Health Program

  ○ Initial move of reproductive health concerning the Philippines wherein the rights of a couple to have a healthy sexual life is considered.

  ○ First move in creating a framework and program concerning reproductive health.
• Administrative Order 43, Series of 2000 – POLICY

  ○ The Reproductive Health Policy

  ○ Strengthens the program of reproductive health by refocusing its implementation — basis of program.

  ○ Universal access to quality RH care.

  ■ Main focus in health is to make everything universal – equity equality sheeeesh.
• Republic Act No. 10354 – LAW

  ○ The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 — RPRH LAW

  ○ Stresses the importance as to how an individual must know the health services that can be useful in making choices concerning reproductive health.

  ○ Controversial: The law that conservative people did not like because they thought it promotes promiscuity.

  ○ Enacted on December 21, 2012; signed on March 15, 2013.